The border region of Bosnia and Herzegovina has characteristics of a problem area with
an emphasized depopulation process, accompanied by poor economic development and
infrastructural disconnection. Along with the mentioned reasons, the appearance of
isolation and peripherality, and given the specific geopolitical circumstances, the
problems in certain border areas differ from each other (a high level of ethnic conflict and
distrust, then the problem of refugees and forced migrants, the slow process of economic
transition and many others).
The subject of the research in this paper will be related to the analysis and the role of
transborder cooperation as a relatively new way of policy in the field of cooperation
between political-territorial units, whose goal and function, regarding the geospatial of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular, is the formation of perspective transborder regions.
Also, the aim of the paper would point out that the planning of these areas through the
concept of transborder cooperation in the context of political and geographical
valorisation represents one of the guidelines, not only for revitalization of the border area
in economic terms, but also as a guideline of the future concept of ethnic tolerance and
geopolitical stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Western Balkans countries in
general.
Realiyation of the work is planned by complex general and special methods and
techniques of data processing (statistical, cartographic, GIS analysis), in accordance with
historical, structural, functional and dialectical methodological approach, then by
determining the development functions of the border space, and monitoring of political
and geographical processes and problems.
